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27th October 2026

Agentic AI For Digital Investigations: Matt Goeckel Introduces Cellebrite Genesis
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Cellebrite’s Matt Goeckel joins the Forensic Focus Podcast to talk about Genesis, an AI tool that lets investigators ask questions of their evidence, decode raw databases and stay within the scope of a warrant, while examiners stay in control....

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End-To-End Digital Investigations: From First Access To Final Verdict

End-To-End Digital Investigations: From First Access To Final Verdict

27th October 2026

Discover how Magnet Forensics’ integrated platform, from Graykey and Axiom to Automate, Review and Verify, helps agencies cut backlogs, collaborate in real time and build defensible cases from first access to final verdict....read more

Magnet Forensics Launches Magnet AI Research Lab To Provide Peer-Backed Evidence To The Community

Magnet Forensics Launches Magnet AI Research Lab To Provide Peer-Backed Evidence To The Community

27th October 2026

Can AI outperform human examiners in digital forensics? Magnet Forensics launches its AI Research Lab with a peer-reviewed study revealing compelling findings on the accuracy and reliability of AI-driven media authentication....read more

Genesis Momentum Powers Cellebrite’s Autumn Release: More Evidence, Deeper Insight, Broader Access For Investigations 

Genesis Momentum Powers Cellebrite’s Autumn Release: More Evidence, Deeper Insight, Broader Access For Investigations 

26th October 2026

Cellebrite’s Autumn 2026 Release introduces enhanced agentic AI-powered investigations with Genesis, expanded device access and new capabilities to help teams uncover critical evidence faster....read more

New UFED Cloud Analyzer 4.6 Helps You Identify Common Places Of Interest

UFED Cloud Analyzer 4.6 broadens your evidence reach with access to even more data from cloud data sources using the most efficient extraction and analysis capabilities.The updated version 4.6 enables access to valuable Gmail content from devices running iOS 8.3

Interview with Helge Janicke, De Montfort University

Helge, you're Head of the Software Technology Research Laboratory at De Montfort University. Tell us a bit about your role – what does your day-to-day routine look like? It is busy. Part of my role is looking at developing strategic

HddSurgery Spindle Replacement Tool

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Congress Poised to Pass Cybersecurity Measure

Congress is poised to pass a cybersecurity measure aimed at prompting businesses to share information on online threats, as lawmakers inserted the measure early Wednesday into a broad spending package expected to pass this week. The move came after legislators

XAMN v6.16 Released

XAMN v6.16 has just been released and is now available for download from the MSAB website XAMN is software designed specifically for the visualization and analysis of multiple mobile devices forensic files, in an easy to use interface which loads

ReclaiMe News – Durability Of Data In Modern Storage Systems

Recently ReclaiMe Data Recovery Company announced that they have implemented Drobo recovery as a part of their ReclaiMe Pro software. Now ReclaiMe team share their thoughts about specifics of recovering data from complex storage system including, but not limited to

HddSurgery Tools For Samsung, Toshiba and Hitachi Ramp Hard Drives

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XRY v6.16

v6.16 of XRY the leading mobile forensic solution from MSAB has been released; with support for 17,301 support profiles including 980 Apps! With the majority of data on smartphones being transmitted via apps these days, we are confident that XRY

New! Belkasoft Evidence Center 2016

Belkasoft announces a major update to Belkasoft Evidence Center, the company’s flagship digital forensic solution, to version 2016. The new release comes with revamped user interface, numerous improvements to performance, productivity and usability. A number of new analytic functions were

Irish Crime Cases Dismissed Over Delays In Searching Computers

Serious criminal cases have been dismissed by the courts because of a four-year backlog in analysing computers and other technology seized by gardaí, the Garda Inspectorate has said. The most serious cases directly affected included prosecutions for stalking, possession of

New Passware Kit 2016 Decrypts OpenOffice and Supports Shared Dictionaries

Passware, Inc., the leading encrypted evidence discovery company, updates its flagship software to recover passwords for OpenOffice and LibreOffice documents and instantly unlock Windows 10 Live ID accounts. The new version of Passware Kit Forensic also supports shared dictionaries stored

Robocop of Today

Cellebrite’s Director of Mobile Forensic Products examines how current technology is being used by police forces across the world to gain the advantage.The modern day criminal is far removed from an eighteenth century Dick Turpin; the criminal of today has

Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Probably Australian Entrepreneur

The creator of the digital currency bitcoin, known only by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, is probably an Australian entrepreneur, according to two new investigations. Wired and Gizmodo have published separate stories suggesting that Nakamoto’s real identity is Craig Steven Wright,